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Webster 1913 Edition
Indifferent
1.
Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
Dangers are to me
indifferent
. Shakespeare
Everything in the world is
indifferent
but sin. Jer. Taylor.
His slightest and most
indifferent
acts . . . were odious in the clergyman’s sight. Hawthorne.
2.
Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
The staterooms are in
indifferent
order. Sir W. Scott.
3.
Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
Indifferent
in his choice to sleep or die. Addison.
4.
Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless;
as, to be
. indifferent
to the welfare of one's familyIt was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an
indifferent
spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment. Addison.
5.
(Law)
Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better to choose
indifferent
persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. Bacon.
Indifferent tissue
(Anat.)
, the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.
In-dif′fer-ent
,adv.
To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.
[Obs.]
“News indifferent good.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indifferent
INDIF'FERENT
,Adj.
1.
Neutral; not inclined to one side, party or thing more than to another. Cato knows neither of them,
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die.
2.
Unconcerned; feeling no interest,anxiety or care respecting any thing. It seems to be impossible that a rational being should be indifferent to the means of obtaining endless happiness. It was a remarkable law of Solon, that any person who, in the commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment.
3.
Having no influence or preponderating weight; having no difference that gives a preference. It is indifferent which road we take.4.
Neutral, as to good or evil. Things in themselves indifferent, may be rendered evil by the prohibition of law.5.
Impartial; disinterested; as an indifferent judge, juror or arbitrator.6.
Passable; of a middling state or quality; neither good, nor the worst; as indifferent writing or paper.Indifferent, used adverbially, as indifferent honest, is ungrammatical and vulgar.
Definition 2024
indifférent
indifférent
See also: indifferent and indiffèrent
French
Adjective
indifférent m (feminine singular indifférente, masculine plural indifférents, feminine plural indifférentes)